Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
Sa Huwebes, Enero 27, 1904, Ipinagtanggol ni Tom Jenkins ang kanyang American Wrestling Championship laban sa isang up-and-coming wrestler mula sa Iowa. After the first fall, napagtanto ng mga tagahanga na ito ang pinakamahirap na laban ng c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Tinalo ni Jenkins ang Gotch's
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Nobyembre 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman
Noong Enero 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
In late 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Magsasaka” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Gayunman, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Sa pamamagitan ng 1902, George
Sa Agosto 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. Hindi bababa sa iyon ang orihinal na naisip ko at sinipi ng karamihan sa mga istoryador. Moderno
Sa Sabado, Nobyembre 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minuto. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Sinapian si Wasem
Sa Agosto 2, 1947, Max M. Inilabas ng King Productions ang Killer Dill (1947), isang pelikulang krimen na ginampanan ng propesyonal na wrestler na si Mike Mazurki bilang "Little Joe", isang alipores na naglalaro sa magkabilang panig ng away ng gang. Si Stuart Erwin ay gumaganap bilang Johnny "Killer" Dill, isang lingerie designer at salesperson, na napagkakamalang gangster ang mga tao. Matapos ang aksidenteng pagkakasangkot sa kanyang sarili sa isang gang war, kanya
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the
Willard “Wild Bill” Ipinanganak si Longson sa Salt Lake City, Utah, sa Hunyo 8, 1906 ngunit ginugol ang karamihan sa kanyang pang-adultong buhay sa St. Louis, Ilog ng Misuri. Matapos simulan ang kanyang karera bilang isang propesyonal na wrestler sa 1931, Natagpuan ni Longson ang kanyang sarili na nagtatrabaho para sa Tom Packs sa St. Louis. Hindi talaga siya umalis dahil ito ang magiging tahanan niya para sa natitira